South Carolina House Bill 4551 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on April 13 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-04-13 - Act No. 135

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-47-10, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITION OF TERMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER, SO AS TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF SEVERAL EXISTING TERMS AND TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS FOR SEVERAL NEW TERMS; TO AMEND SECTION 23-47-20, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO 911 SYSTEM SERVICE REQUIREMENTS, SO AS TO DELETE "A CAPABILITY TO HAVE CELLULAR PHONES ROUTED TO 911" AS A SYSTEM REQUIREMENT AND TO ADD "ROUTING AND CAPABILITIES TO RECEIVE AND PROCESS CMRS SERVICE AND VOIP SERVICE CAPABLE OF MAKING 911 CALLS" AS A SYSTEM REQUIREMENT; TO AMEND SECTION 23-47-50, RELATING TO SUBSCRIBER BILLING FOR 911 SERVICE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT FOR THE BILLING OF 911 CHARGES FOR LOCAL EXCHANGE ACCESS FACILITIES THAT ARE CAPABLE OF SIMULTANEOUSLY CARRYING MULTIPLE VOICE AND DATA TRANSMISSIONS OR TO REVISE THE 911 CHARGE THAT A PREPAID WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE IS SUBJECT TO, AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CHANGES; BY ADDING SECTION 23-47-55 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A SUBSCRIBER IS NOT LIABLE FOR A DIFFERENT NUMBER OF 911 CHARGES THAN THE SUBSCRIBER HAS BEEN BILLED FOR ANY FACILITY, AND THAT NO SERVICE SUPPLIER IS LIABLE TO ANY PERSON FOR BILLING, COLLECTING, OR REMITTING CERTAIN 911 CHARGES FOR SERVICE WHICH ARE BILLED FOR BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 23-47-65, RELATING TO THE CMRS EMERGENCY TELEPHONE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, SO AS TO REVISE THE NAME OF THE COMMITTEE AND ITS MEMBERSHIP, TO MAKE TECHNICAL CHANGES, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE COMMITTEE AND THE STATE BUDGET AND CONTROL BOARD ARE AUTHORIZED TO REGULATE PREPAID WIRELESS SELLERS; BY ADDING SECTION 23-47-67 SO AS TO IMPOSE A VOIP 911 CHARGE ON EACH LOCAL EXCHANGE ACCESS FACILITY, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE COLLECTION OF THE CHARGE AND ITS DISTRIBUTION; BY ADDING SECTION 23-47-68 SO AS TO IMPOSE A PREPAID WIRELESS 911 CHARGE, AND TO PROVIDE FOR ITS COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION; BY ADDING SECTION 23-47-69 SO AS TO LIMIT THE CHARGES THAT MAY BE IMPOSED FOR 911 SERVICE; AND TO AMEND SECTION 23-47-70, RELATING TO LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES THAT MAY OCCUR FROM A GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY PROVIDING 911 SERVICE, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR LIABILITY WHEN 911 SERVICE IS PROVIDED AND WHEN IT IS NOT PROVIDED PURSUANT TO TARIFFS ON FILE WITH THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CHANGE. - ratified title

Provide For Liability When 911 Service Is Provided And When It Is Not Provided Pursuant To Tariffs On File With The Public Service Commission, And To Make A Technical Change. - Ratified Title

Rep. Carl Anderson [D]	Rep. Jimmy Bales [D]	Rep. Eric Bedingfield [R]	Rep. Joan Brady [R]
Rep. Harry Cato [R]	Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter [D]	Rep. Daniel Cooper [R]	Rep. Jeff Duncan [R]
Rep. Anton Gunn [D]	Rep. Robert Harrell [R]	Rep. James Harrison [R]	Rep. Cathy Harvin [D]
Rep. Jackie Hayes [D]	Rep. Kenneth Hodges [D]	Rep. Jenny Horne [R]	Rep. Anne Hutto [D]
Rep. David Mack [D]	Rep. Harry Ott [D]	Rep. William Sandifer [R]	Rep. B.R. Skelton [R]
Rep. James Roland Smith [R]	Rep. Michael Thompson [R]	Rep. Brian White [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-04-13		Act No. 135
2010-04-01		Effective date See Act for Effective Date
2010-03-30		Signed By Governor
2010-03-25		Ratified R 166
2010-03-23		Roll call Yeas-103 Nays-0 HJ-59
2010-03-23		Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled HJ-59
2010-03-16		Read third time and returned to House with amendments SJ-30
2010-03-11		Read second time SJ-43
2010-03-11		Amended SJ-43
2010-03-10		Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without reference SJ-8
2010-03-09		Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-32
2010-03-08		Scrivener's error corrected
2010-03-04		Roll call Yeas-107 Nays-3 HJ-116
2010-03-04		Read second time HJ-116
2010-03-04		Amended HJ-111
2010-03-04		Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bales
2010-03-03		Debate adjourned until Thursday, March 4, 2010 HJ-97
2010-03-03		Debate adjourned HJ-38
2010-03-03		Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gunn
2010-03-02		Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Harvin, Skelton
2010-03-02		Scrivener's error corrected
2010-02-25		Requests for debate-Rep(s). Sandifer, Cato, Toole, Lowe, Mack, JE Smith, Ott, JH Neal, Clemmons, Whitmire, Weeks, RL Brown, Allison, Wylie, Hutto, Anderson, and Bedingfield HJ-66
2010-02-25		Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hodges
2010-02-24		Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry HJ-2
2010-02-24		Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Anderson
2010-02-16		Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry HJ-6
2010-02-16		Introduced and read first time HJ-5

S1147 (Similar To) 2010-04-13 - Recommitted to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry HJ-48

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23	47	10	(n/a)	See Bill Text
23	47	20	(n/a)	See Bill Text
23	47	50	(n/a)	See Bill Text
23	47	55	(n/a)	See Bill Text
23	47	65	(n/a)	See Bill Text
23	47	67	(n/a)	See Bill Text
23	47	68	(n/a)	See Bill Text
23	47	69	(n/a)	See Bill Text
23	47	70	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/cgi-bin/web_bh10.exe?bill1=4551&session=118